The War in Syria

by Charles Napier

Volume 2 of 2

Excerpt

I beg to assure you that, it was not from any want of respect to you that I did not communicate with you before signing it, but it was under the impression that it was of the utmost importance to seize the Opportunity, when the Pacha was highly incensed against France, to bring him, without loss of time, to terms without the mediation of that power.